Harmonix has announced that seven additional countries will receive Rock Band this year. Gamers in Italy, Switzerland, Sweden, Belgium, Netherlands, and Luxembourg can all expect to see Rock Band hit store shelves later this year. More details after the jump.

Rock Band is an all-new platform for music fans and gamers to interact with music. The game challenges players to put together a band and tour for fame and fortune, mastering lead/bass guitar, drums and vocals. With more master recordings than any other music game, Rock Band features some of the world’s biggest rock artists and spans every genre of rock ranging from alternative and classic rock to heavy metal and punk.

In addition to the 58 tracks from the North American release, Rock Band will feature nine additional tracks for its European release, including:

• Die Toten Hosen “Hier Kommt Alex”
• Juli “Perfekte Welle”
• H-Block X “Countdown to Insanity”
• Blur “Beettlebum” *
• Oasis “Rock ‘n’ roll star”
• Tokio Hotel “Monsoon”
• Muse “Hysteria”
• Les Wampas “Manu Chao”
• Playmo “New Wave”

(*indicates cover song)

Rock Band features more than 200 songs available to date on disc and via purchase and download in North America and Europe, with more available every week. Tracks are available for 160 Microsoft Points each on Xbox 360. For a complete list of Rock Band songs available for purchase to date, please go to http://www.rockband.com/dlc.

Rock Band is rated 12+ by PEGI: Sex, Bad Language, PEGI Online.